Validate the Cluster

Log onto one of the systems using a domain administrator account. This procedure is run on only one node.

Run PowerShell command which runs the Cluster Validation:

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Test-Cluster–Node node-1,node-2

Note: This procedure can be run from the Cluster Failover Manager console. If there are errors in the validation, troubleshooting from the Cluster Failover Manager console is a simpler process.

This process will typically report completion with warning messages. We can still continue on and create the cluster. We will come back at the end and handle outstanding warning issues. The warnings in this case say that we have only single network connections to Node-1 and Node-2 which is not high availability. This will be remedied as later as more networks are added If the warnings look more severe, then this process can be run from the Cluster Manager Console which will display complete error and warning reports interactively.

Note: The NoStorage parameter was selected so we can include only the relevant storage resources. By default New-Cluster will move all discovered storage to the cluster as a resource and often create a disk witness on whatever disks or virtual disks it finds, which is likely not desirable.

Note: This can be completed from the Failover Cluster Manager console, but be sure to NOT select the add storage checkbox.

The screen above shows the output of the New-Cluster command.

When you bring up the Failover Cluster Manager GUI you should see a functioning cluster.

The next steps will be to configure the storage and networks as cluster resources.